Rome: Mithraeum of the San Clemente

Mithraeum of the San Clemente: one of the best-known mithraeums in Rome.

The Mithraeum beneath the church of S. Clemente is one of the artificial
underground caves where those who were initiated in the cult of Mithras
celebrated their mysteries.

The Mithraeum underneath the S. Clemente was built in the late second century inside a late-first
century house; the hall itself represents the
universe and the relief shows how the god killed the devilish bull, the
central part of his myth.